# Capitan Oriel Lea Plaza Airport (TJA / SLTJ)

**Capitan Oriel Lea Plaza Airport** (IATA: TJA, ICAO: SLTJ) is a medium airport in Tarija, Tarija Department, Bolivia. It opened in 1932. It has one runway, 3,050 m (10,007 ft) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/sltj

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TJA / SLTJ
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Tarija, Tarija Department, Bolivia
- Opened: 1932
- Elevation: 1,853 m / 6,079 ft
- Coordinates: -21.5557, -64.7013
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,050 m / 10,007 ft
- Time zone: UTC-4 · America/La_Paz
- Website: https://www.aasana.bo/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capit%C3%A1n_Oriel_Lea_Plaza_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q176576
- Weather station: SLTJ · WMO 85364
- Ident: SLTJ

## Timeline

- 1932: Capitan Oriel Lea Plaza Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 3,050 m / 10,007 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 124° / 304° | yes |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [VVI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/slvr.md) Viru Viru International Airport · Bolivia · 465 km / 289 mi · Boliviana de Aviación
- [CBB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/slcb.md) Jorge Wilsterman International Airport · Bolivia · 485 km / 301 mi · Boliviana de Aviación
- [LPB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sllp.md) El Alto International Airport · Bolivia · 670 km / 416 mi · Boliviana de Aviación

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from TJA, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- OB [Boliviana de Aviación](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/boliviana-de-aviacion) · 3

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,050 m / 10,007 ft | =997 of 29,858 | =43 in South America | #6 in BO |
| Elevation | 1,853 m / 6,079 ft | #1,007 of 43,403 | #115 in South America | #33 in BO |
| Age | Opened 1932 | =486 of 15,079 | =9 in South America | #2 in BO |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =5 in BO |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | TARIJA APP | 119.400 |
| RDO | TARIJA RDO | 662.200 |
| TWR | TARIJA TWR | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [BYC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/slya.md) Yacuiba Airport · 117 km / 73 mi
- [VLM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/slvm.md) Teniente Coronel Rafael Pabón Airport · 138 km / 86 mi
- [BJO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/slbj.md) Bermejo Airport · 141 km / 88 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Capitán_Oriel_Lea_Plaza_Airport&oldid=1363025143), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/sltj/data